Tehran, Iran: The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board has unanimously appointed Dr Ali Moradi, General Secretary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF), as a new member of the IWF Intercontinental Commission. The commission was established during the recent World Senior (Men and Women) Weightlifting Championships, and the first meeting of the commission was held on October 21.

In other news, in relation to the coordination and cooperation between the AWF and Weightlifting Federation of Africa regarding the development and promotion of weightlifting, and to join forces in the fight against doping, the first Afro-Asian Anti-Doping Symposium and Methodology of Training Science will be held from December 3-6, 2013, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

IWF anti-doping lecturers, as well as Iranian and Chinese experts, will make presentations at the symposium.